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LIST OF CONTENTS

1. INSTALLATION .............................................................................................31.1 START UP OF CARD READER..........................................................31.2 INSTALL AXBASE ..............................................................................5

1.2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS...................................................51.2.2 UPDATE OLD AXBASE.........................................................51.2.3 INSTALL AXBASE FILES .....................................................51.2.4 CONFIGURE INI-FILE ...........................................................71.2.5 AXBASE FOR MORE THAN ONE AXNET .........................91.2.6 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ..............................................9

2 INSTALLATION PROGRAMMING...........................................................102.1 ENTER SYSTEM PASSWORD .........................................................102.2 TEST OF READERS...........................................................................132.3 PROGRAMMING OF DOORS...........................................................15

2.3.1 PROGRAMMING OF DOOR PARAMETERS....................152.3.2 DELETE DOOR .....................................................................202.3.3 UPDATE READER................................................................202.3.4 PRINTOUT.............................................................................20

2.4 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE................................................................222.4.1 SYSTEM SET UP...................................................................222.4.2 ENTER INSTALLER PASSWORD......................................242.4.3 SET TIME...............................................................................252.4.4 SYSTEM RESET....................................................................25

3. THE BASICS OF AXBASE ..........................................................................263.1 CHOOSE COMMAND .......................................................................263.2 HOW TO USE A FORM .....................................................................263.3 HOW TO USE DIALOGUEUE BOXES ............................................273.4 ON LINE HELP...................................................................................28

4. USER PROGRAMMING..............................................................................294.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................294.2 PROGRAMMING OF DOORS...........................................................324.3 PROGRAMMING OF ACCESS ZONES...........................................374.4 PROGRAMMING OF ACCESS TIMES............................................394.5 PROGRAMMING OF PERSONNEL GROUPS ................................404.6 PROGRAMMING OF PERSONS ......................................................42

4.6.1 NORMAL PROGRAMMING................................................424.6.2 BLOCK PROGRAMMING ...................................................444.6.3 IMPORT OLD AXBASE .......................................................45

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4.6.4 BROWSING ........................................................................... 474.7 CALENDAR........................................................................................ 504.8 ENTER USER PASSWORD............................................................... 514.9 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE ............................................................... 52

4.9.1 VOID CARD .......................................................................... 524.9.2 REMOVE PERSON ............................................................... 524.9.3 EVENTS ................................................................................. 524.9.4 SAVE/LOAD EVENTS ......................................................... 554.9.5 DELETE EVENTS................................................................. 564.9.6 RETRIEVE EVENTS............................................................. 574.9.7 UPDATE GROUP .................................................................. 574.9.8 PERSONS IN/OUT ................................................................ 584.9.9 EXPORT ASCII ..................................................................... 594.9.10 IMPORTANT ADVICE....................................................... 59

5.0 EXPANDING A SYSTEM .......................................................................... 61

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1. INSTALLATION

1.1 START UP OF CARD READER

Before you start installation of software, the card reader(s) has to be installed. Ifyou have more than one, they also have to connected in a network. (see theAXCARD installation and programming manual).You should also have con-nected a LD-232 line driver and a modular socket according to the manual. Startby connecting the power to the first card reader.

- Press RST 199201# 6 beep, memory is cleared and the reader is initialised

- Press RST 112233# Local password is entered. If you have a"AXNET -system all readers must have

the same local password.

Make a note of the local password.

Set the node switches to. 00 "stand alone"

If you have a system reader CR-225 in the network it is important to set the timeand date on this reader. The CR-225 doesn’t have a hardware clock but receivesits time from the master. However if the communication is broken it has a soft-ware clock as a backup.

Set date and time (CR-225 only)

- Press 112233.- Press # 58- Enter < YY MM DD >< TIME >< DAY >- Press #. Reader returns to programming mode.- Press *. Reader returns to working mode.

Example: #58 970824 0815 2 #

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Enter a card for testing.

- Press 112233 #01 swipe card # *- Swipe the card and the door should open.

Repeat this for all readers including the master.

Set the node switches in the readers to: 01 for the master02-08 for the slaves

Enter "system password" into the master.

Press: 112233 #91 445566 # *

Note: Even if the system consists of only one reader (master) you have to gothrough all points above.

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1.2 INSTALL AXBASE

You start with install Axbase onto your hard disc.

1.2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To be able to use Axbase, the following hardware and software are required:

- One IBM-compatible personal computer with at least a 80386-processor. To get a god performance a 100 MHz Pentium is recommended.

- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later or Windows 95.

- If not Windows 95, MS-DOS operating system, version 3.3 or later.

- Minimum 4 Mb RAM. More memory is recommended specially if sev-eral programs are run at the same time.

- Windows-compatible mouse.

- A hard disc drive with minimum 5 Mb free space.

- A floppy disc drive for 3.5-inch discs with a capacity of 1,44 Mb .

- COM-port 1 or 2 has to be free for connection of card reader.

1.2.2 UPDATE OLD AXBASE

If you are going to update from an Axbase version older than 2.0, you shouldnot install this version in your old Axbase 1.x directory. Proceed with the in-stallation until Programming of persons. Here you go directly to Import oldAxbase.

1.2.3 INSTALL AXBASE FILES

A. Windows 3.x

Start the installation of Axbase by starting Windows.

- Insert the disc marked "AXBASE32 disk 1" in drive A:

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- Select File Run in the program manager- Type a: install- Press the RETURN key

The installation program creates a directory on the hard disc namedC:\axbase32. The first time the program is run, a couple of sub directories, arecreated. If you have an earlier version of Axbase in your computer it will not bedestroyed by the installation.

As you have noticed, you have the possibility to install the program from op-tional drive to optional drive. This may be of interest if your PC has more thanone floppy or hard disc.

- Click Start and wait for the installation to be finished.

The installation program now has created a program object AXBASE 32 and anAxbase icon.

B. Windows 95

- Insert the disc marked "AXBASE32 disk 1" in drive A:- Click the Start button in your task bar, select Settings, then select Control Panel.- Click the Add/Remove Programs icon.- Click the Install button.- Click the Next button to proceed with the Install Program Wizard.- If the wizard has not already done so, type A:\install.exe- Click the Finish button.

The installation program creates a directory on the hard disc namedC:\axbase32. The first time the program is run, a couple of sub directories, arecreated. If you have an earlier version of Axbase in your computer it will not bedestroyed by the installation.

As you have noticed, you have the possibility to install the program from op-tional drive to optional drive. This may be of interest if your PC has more thanone floppy or hard disc.

- Click Install and wait for the installation to be finished.

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The installation program now has created a program object AXBASE 32 and anAxbase icon.

1.2.4 CONFIGURE INI-FILE

Now you have to choose to which COM-port on your computer you want toconnect the printer output of your Master reader. Check which of COM-port 1 or2 is free.

- Start Note pad- Select File Open- Select All File (*.*)- Open the file C:\axbase32\axbase.ini

The text will look something like below:

This line shows which COM-port is chosen. You may change this from 1 to 2 ifnecessary.

This shows telephone number and parameters for telephone modem. You mayconnect a telephone modem between computer and card reader if necessary.”S7=30” means that the modem connected to the PC calls maximum 30 sec.”DT” means ”DTMF”. If you change to ”D” if means ”interrupt signalling”.”CONNECT 1200” is a ”answer string sent by the modem”. After telenr$ youwrite the telephone number, and when you start AXBASE the computer calls thecard readers up.

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This shows the name of the directory where the data is stored, i.e. the database.

Axbase has icon buttons in the main menu. These buttons have bitmap symbolsthat are designed for a VGA resolution. If you have another resolution on yourscreen the icons may have a white border and be off centre. This could be cor-rected if you change to scale% = 64.

These lines should normally never be changed.

These lines are only for the advanced user. This could be used to show an imageof the card holder but needs additional software and hardware in the PC.

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These lines are also for the advanced user. It gives you the opportunity to sendevents on line to another application.

Save changes before exit note pad.1.2.5 AXBASE FOR MORE THAN ONE AXNET

If you want you can administrate several card reader installations from one placeand have the readers connected via telephone modems. One example could be acompany with two different working places with different personnel but with thesame administration. In this case you can have two copies of AXBASE that youcan rename to AXBASE 1 and AXBASE 2 with different icons. AXBASE 2 canbe connected via modem and have the telephone number written in the INI-fileand have the modem connected to COM 2. AXBASE 1 can communicate di-rectly via COM 1. In this case you build two separate card reader networks withtwo masters each communicating with it's own AXBASE.

1.2.6 IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If you by some reason should get problems retrieving events from card reader toPC you may check two things.

1. Open file C:\autoexec.bat in Note pad and see that your PC has an activewrite-cash memory e.g. smartdrv.2. Check that your PC does not have an UART-chip named 16550. Open File Runin the program manager and write MSD. Select Comports and at the bottom of thelist you will see which chip is used. If the machine uses 16550 the following hasto be done:

Start Note pad open file C:\windows\system.ini. Check under the headline[386Enh] that you have two lines:

Com1Fifo=0Com2Fifo=0

If not add these lines and save file.

If you look in the directory C:\axbase32 you will find a file user.bmp. This file isa bitmap corresponding to a grey field below the AXBASE32 logo in the mainmenu. You may open the file in Paint brush or MSpaint and write the name ofyour company or draw your company logo.

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2 INSTALLATION PROGRAMMING

When you initialise the master the baud-rate is set to 1200 baud

2.1 ENTER SYSTEM PASSWORD

Open Axbase by clicking on the Axbase icon. You will see a dialogueue box onthe screen where you should choose language.

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As the next task you fill in information on installer and user and fax it to Axema.

The last task is to fill in the passwords.

You should enter the local password which you have put into the readers. Youshould also enter the system password that you have put into the Master. Entersystem password 445566 and OK.


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Now Axbase asks to fill in the number of the last reader or controller in the net-work.

Axbase now tries to establish contact with the readers.

If the program manage to establish a proper contact it will show a green light. Ifit shows a yellow you may have problem with the communication. If it shows ared light there is no contact with this reader/controller and you have to establishthis connection before you go on. If you have a big installation and you areanxious to get same of the readers working and solve the communication prob-lem later you can disconnect a ”red” reader by clicking on the on/off buttononce when the cursor is shown. You will not see any immediate result on thestatus but the next time the node is tested a red cross shows that the reader isdisconnected. After you have corrected the fault in the connection you reconnectthe reader by clicking on the ”on/off” button once more. After that you have tomake an Update for the door in the Doors form in the Installer menu.


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2.2 TEST OF READERS

You are now in the main form which has a menu line at the top. Select the menuInstaller. Now you may choose from the following commands:

To be sure that the readers work correct, you should ask for a reader printoutfrom all readers. Choose Connection test. You will see the following dia-logueue box:

Choose which readers you want and fill in the numbers. The readout to thescreen will look something like this:


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The window that will fill the screen, has a scroll bar on the right hand sidewhich you can use to compare the print outs from the different readers. You canchange the size of, or move this window as in other Windows-programs. Weshall now interpret the reader printouts. Below you can see what such a printoutmay look like:

-Line 1 shows to which reader the printout belongs, in this case reader 2.

-Line 2 shows a printout of the reader clock. Accordingly we can check ifthe reader has the correct time. Later we will come back to set time in thereaders.

-Line 3 shows version number of the reader software. If the version num-ber is less than 0.80, it can not run with a Axbase 2.2. If you have readerswith different software versions in the same network, Axbase will auto-matically reduce the functions to the reader software with the lowestnumber.

-Line 4 shows the number of free memory locations.

-Line 5 shows the time the reader has been installed i.e. has been powered.

-Line 6 Readings and line 7 Defect readings shall be interpreted in the fol-lowing way:

* If you have a compact reader you have had 499 readings on the compactreader and 66 on the parallel reader. Of these the compact reader has had36 false readings and the parallel reader 12.

* If you have a reader central, the reader connected to terminal 7 has had499 with 36 faults readings and the reader connected to terminal 6 has had66 with 12 fault.


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-Line 8 Axnet fault is an indication of how well the communicationworks. In principle you could say that after being installed at least oneday, the value should be less than 500 ppm. A higher value indicates dis-turbance on the communication.

Note: It's very important that check if the lines 1,3 and 8 are correct, otherwiseyou could not be sure that the installation is working satisfactory.

You may run Axnet status a couple of times to make sure all readers take part inthe communication. During communication tests the ppm-value could increasetemporarily. This is normal.

You can also order a print out from a special reader. Choose Installer andReader printouts. You will see the following dialogueue box:

Fill in the number ( the node address) of the reader, mark a printout and clickOK.

To get a quick overview of the communication you normally look at the Axnetstatus.

2.3 PROGRAMMING OF DOORS

2.3.1 PROGRAMMING OF DOOR PARAMETERS


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When the net test is OK the next step will be to install doors. This means to pro-gram door parameters, which are due to the installation , and which are not bechanged by the end user. Choose the menu Installer and the command Doors.

Start by clicking on Install. Axbase will now initiate the reader/controller. Aflashing cursor will be seen in the left side of the text box Door name:. Writethe name of the first door in the box and click Ok.. In the box Node address youwill see the first node address which is 1. In the textbox Type you will seewhich model of card reader you have on this address. In the Status box you seewhich software version you have in the reader and how many net tests has beendone and the results. This is useful for trouble shooting. You can clear this

counter with the button.

If you have a type 22 reader, you may have to fill in the text box Alarm func-tion. As mentioned in the Axbase manual, the reader can control an alarm cen-tral or bypass an alarm sensor. Because of that the alarm relay could be pro-grammed to work in three different ways: bistable, monostable, where the relayreleases after a programmable time or pulse, where the relay is activated onlyfor a short while. In pulse mode the reader waits for a feedback from the alarmcentral that the status has changed, after which the relay releases. If no feedbackoccurs within 10 seconds, the relay is released anyway. If you have more than


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one reader connected to the same alarm central, you have to use pulse mode andthe readers should normally be connected in series. Choose the correct functionby marking one option in the text box Type of alarm.

If you choose Monostable function, you have to fill in the time for alarm by-pass in the text box.

Max. time for alarm bypass is 970 sec. If you don't have an alarm choose Nofunction.

In the same way we can decide the time for the warning buzzer. Note that thesummer is warning before alarm activation for all three types of alarm function,even before reactivating with monostable function. In the monostable mode youshould set the time to 0 sec. You could set the alarm bypass time to 40 sec. andthe warning time is 0 sec. You then set the delay for ”door open buzzer” in theusers Doors form to 30 sec. This will give you a warning after 30 sec. and analarm switch on after 40 sec.


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In the textbox Alarm acknowledge we choose if we want an external feedbackfrom the alarm central to connector PL2:31,32 or internal i.e. the reader knowsthe alarm status by itself. If you have connected the alarm-LED directly to theLED output of the alarm central, you should choose Int. alarm status continu-ous display.

Alarm indication decides if you want to have continuous signal on PL1:9 in thereader/controller or only 10 sec. after activation.

In the box Timezone alarm we decide if the alarm should be switched off whenthe programmed timezone for automatic alarm expires.

If you have a compact reader with parallel reader connected to P6 or a readercentral with a reader terminal on the same connector, you have to choose theactual alternative in the box Parallel reader on PL6.

In the next box we decide the function for Output 9 on PL1.(see the Axcardmanual) This output is normally used to control the alarm-LED on the -22model. If you have chosen to connect the alarm-LED directly to the LED outputof the alarm central or if you have the -23 model, you can use this output tocontrol an external "open door alarm"-relay or a "duress alarm" relay. If youhave chosen one of these, output 9 goes low when the alarm is activated. Therelay could control an external buzzer. Note: The output doesn't have any pro-tection so a diode must be placed parallel to the relay coil.


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We may also change the function of Input 27 PL2. This input is normally usedto activate the alarm central via a push-button. With this button you can changethe function of the input. If the box is marked input 27 works in the followingway:

High level (switch open) activation of alarm can not be done from reader.Low level (switch closed) activation of alarm can be done from reader.

When everything is filled in you go to the next door. You can do that with theyellow arrow button or you can pick one from the list you see when you click onthe down arrow at the Door name box.

If you have a reader type 23 you will have to fill in Anti-Pass Back (APB) pa-rameters instead of alarm parameters. APB could be time controlled i.e. the cardcould not be used for a second access until after a programmed time, or absolutewhich means that an in-passage has to be followed by an out-passage.

When the readers are linked together in a Axnet system the APB can work inthree ways:

1.) - System APB. When a card is swiped in one of the "IN-readers",a message is transmitted to the other readers in the system that thiscard is now "IN". All "OUT-readers are now valid. This means that aAPB system can be built with single readers. One -23 can be "IN-reader" and another can be "OUT-reader".

2.) - Local APB. When a card is swiped in a reader, the APB-statusis only known by this reader. No message is broadcaster to the oth-ers. The only valid "OUT-reader" is the parallel reader or secondreader terminal of this reader. Local ABP can only be used whitcompact readers fitted with parallel reader or two reader centrals.

3.) - Timed system APB. When a card is swiped in a "IN-reader", atimer starts to count down in all readers. During the time the timer isrunning, the card is not valid in any "IN-reader". However the card isvalid in a "OUT-reader", and if the card is used to pass out, the timeris set to zero and the card will be valid for "IN-passage". The timerhas to be programmed in minutes.

When you have filled in the last door and clicked Ok, you will return to themain menu.


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2.3.2 DELETE DOOR

If you choose the menu Options in the Installer Doors form you will find thecommand Delete door. This command can only be used to remove a door youhave started to program. It removes the door with the highest node address, andwhich has no time-zones attached.

2.3.3 UPDATE READER

If you by some reason need to change a reader or if you think that a reader haslost its information, you can update the memory of the reader from the data base.Start by initiating the reader. Choose Update and Ok. Update will take sometime.

2.3.4 PRINTOUT

You may also have a printout of doors.

Before you make a printout you have to make sure that you have chosen the cor-rect reader for the program. Go back to the main menu and select:

. You will now see this Print Set-up box:


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Select printer and size A4 Landscape. You can also choose fonts for you print-

out. Use and you will see the following box

Choose a font which is not to big and see that the margins fits.

Return to the door form. Ask for a printout with the command Printout or usethe printer button.


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2.4 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

2.4.1 SYSTEM SET UP

Choose Installer System set up. You will see the following form:

If you by some reason should like to change any of the passwords, you can do soby writing the new password in the text box. The password is then changed inboth Axbase and the Master.

In the text box Max. events you fill in the number of events you want to store inthe computer. To determine this you have to know how much your free space onthe hard disc you want to use for storage of events. You can say that 1000 eventstakes approximately 150 kb to store. Set this value according to speed and usageof your PC. When the maximum value is reached, the old events are removedfrom the memory as new are entered.

In Last reader/controller you fill in the number of the last reader in the network.The master will now know how many readers take part of the communication. Ifyou have to expand a system with more readers you have to change this number.


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If you use Visitor cards you have to decide the validity for these. In this boxyou can choose if the visit should be counted in minutes, hours, days, months ortimes. If you have chosen times the counter counts down independent of whichreader is used.

Special is a box where you can choose if an passage should be independent ofTime zones. This is only interesting if you have readers for in- and out-passage.

In the next box you can change Winter/summertime switch over

With the box Retrieve of events you can choose between Automatic or Man-ual retrieve of events. When you are ready click OK.

With the box Reading card number you decide in which position on the cardyou shall start reading and how many characters.

If you click on the button Saving Events, you will se the following form:

Here you can choose when you want the events to be saved in the readers. It’spractical to reduce this timezone when you have many cards in the readers andnot so much space for saving events.


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In the last two boxes you can decide how often you want the database and thenetwork to be automatically tested.

If you by some reason should want to change the language at later time, youfind that menu under Options.

2.4.2 ENTER INSTALLER PASSWORD

The password we have been using so far have been connected to the readers orthe Master. Those are not to be used when you program from the computer. Weshall substitute those with two new, one for the installer and one for the enduser. When you have programmed a password, you have to use this to start theprogram. If you log on as an Installer, you can use all menus but if you log onas a User you can't use the Installer menu.

To enter a password you choose Files Change password and Installer. Youwill see the following dialogueue box:

As no old password is programmed, you start by filling in the text box Newpassword. The password could contain letters and/or digits. Fill in the samepassword in the box Repeat new password and choose OK. Make a note of thepassword and keep it in a safe place. Next time you start Axbase, it will ask for apassword.

Note: Axbase notices difference between small and big letters.


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2.4.3 SET TIME

Choose Special and Set time. You will see the following dialogueue box:

Check that time and date are correct. The time shown is the time of the computerso it ought to be right. When you choose OK the time is set in all readers. Notethat the computer doesn't have an automatic winter/summer time switch overwhile the readers do. The time recorded in the events is the reader time.

2.4.4 SYSTEM RESET

If you by some reason need to erase the hole database, you use System reset.After a system reset you have to restart the program and a new completelyempty database is created!

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3. THE BASICS OF AXBASE

3.1 CHOOSE COMMAND

Start Axbase with the Axbase icon. You will see the main form on the screen.The commands in Axbase are gathered in varies menus. The names of the differ-ent menus are written on top of the window. You select a command by choosinga menu with the mouse or the arrow keys and then choose what command youwant. The picture below shows a window where you have chosen the Editmenu.

3.2 HOW TO USE A FORM

When you choose a command a form is shown. In the form, you see boxeswhere you could write text or digits. You could also examine and edit the form.When you are finished with a form, you choose the Ok button.

A form could include the following elements:

Text boxes. A text box is a box where you can write information by your self.The text could be a name or a date.

Command buttons. A command button is a rectangular button with a text writ-ten in. If you choose a button, you execute a command or open a dialogueuebox. Buttons which could not be chosen have a greyish shade. Buttons proposedby Axbase are highlighted. By pressing Return, you can choose a highlightedbutton.

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Table boxes. A table box includes several options. If the table has more optionsthan could be shown in the box, the box has a scroll bar or arrow buttons at-tached. A table box could also look in the following way:

When click on the arrow, a look up table will show where you can choose a newrecord.

Cross boxes. Dialogueue boxes with cross boxes gives you the option to havemore items selected at the same time.

At the top of the forms you find arrow buttons which give you the opportunity tobrowse through the database.

Some of the forms also have a printout button.

The most important forms you reach by using the icon buttons on the main form,

3.3 HOW TO USE DIALOGUEUE BOXES

Dialogueue boxes are smaller than forms but could include the same functionsas the form. Most dialogueue boxes includes the command buttons OK andCancel

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3.4 ON LINE HELP

As you may have noticed Axbase has an ”on line help” that shows on the screenand that will help you to fill in all information in the correct way.

Axbase Help is a separate program running at the same time as Axbase and thismeans that you could change the size and position of this window to fit yourscreen. When you have been familiar with Axbase you can switch the Help off.This is done by opening the Help menu in the Main form a unmark Start-uphelp.

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4. USER PROGRAMMING

4.1 INTRODUCTION

An access control installation consists several card readers connected in a net-work. The purpose of such an installation is to keep control of which personsshall have access to a building, when they shall have access and also how. Bykeeping control of out-passages and also register them, you could know who arein the building and for how long.

To control how a person gets access, you set a security level for the door. Thelowest security level is unlocked door. The other security levels are access code,which is a four digit code which is know to several people, card which normallyis a magstrip card with an eight digit number unique to every card, card + per-sonal code (PIN), two card access and two card access. Two card access takestwo valid cards within ten seconds to get access. You also have two card + PINand the highest level is locked door, which means door locked by the system.The security level could also be controlled by time zones. In this way you couldhave different security levels at different times. A time zone has a start time(hours and minutes), when the card starts to be valid and a stop time. The timezone also includes which days of the week the card is valid. Except workingdays and holidays you also have special days when the working time is less thannormal.

To control when a person shall have access, you set an access time for this per-sons card. An access time is built up with time-zones to decide when the card isvalid. A card could belong to three different types of card. The three types are:access cards, alarm cards and visitor cards. Access cards are used to open thedoor. Alarm cars are used to open the door but can also switch the burglar alarmon and off. A visitor card is an access card which is valid only for a limited timeor a programmed amount of accesses. The same card could work as alarm cardat one door and only as access card in an other.

To program an access control system you have to decide which persons shouldhave access to which doors when and how. If you have many doors and personsit could be difficult keep track on what you are doing. To make this work easierand less time-consuming we will structure it in the following way:

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We shall now shortly go trough all steps that has to be done to build a Axbasedatabase. First in every headline you will se the button that opens the corre-sponding form. Next comes the name of the form and than a symbol and last themaximum value. After this we will go through every form in detail.


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Doors max 32

First we have to decide which security level each door should have and programthe corresponding time zones.

Access Zones max 32

Next step will be to gather the doors which leads to the same area and are usedby the same persons. By doing so we create access zones. The access zone”Garage” could include two gates and one door.

Access Times max 8

To avoid the programming of several time zones for each person we shall createaccess times. An access time could consist of one or more time zones. The ac-cess time ”Business time” could be 0800 - 1200 and 1300 - 1700 Monday to.Thursday and 0800 - 1200 and 1300 - 1600 Friday.

Personnel Groups max 2000

To make the work entering persons easier, we first create personnel groups. Apersonnel group includes persons which have equal jobs, the same workingtimes and should have access to the same areas. ”Staff personnel” could be anexample of a personnel group. Each personnel group could be connected to oneor more access zone. The connection also includes an access time and a type ofcard. The personnel group ”Staff personnel” could have access to the accesszone ”Ware house” during a time decided by the access time ”Business time”and only with an ”Access card”. You could also connect a personnel group to asingle door which is not included in a access zone.


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Persons max 2000

Now we are ready to start entering persons. Each person is recorded with nameand card number. Then you choose a personnel group which the person shouldbelong to. You will then see the group access the person has received. You canchange an access zone and/or access time and/or card type and by doing so theaccess will change to personal access. It is also possible to connect a person di-rectly to a special door with an access time and type of card. In this case thedoor must not belong to any access zone.

4.2 PROGRAMMING OF DOORS

Start Axbase. You will get question if you want to work in the OFF-line mode.The normal way is to work On-line. In that case all information is transferreddirectly to the readers. However if you are programming during ”rush hour” thecommunication will reduce the capacity for the reader to work as access point.In this case you can work in the Off-line mode and restart Axbase On-line at alater time. You can also use Off-line if you have a Laptop computer.

Click No and you will see the following form:


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Select doors. Another form will show up.


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At the top of the form you will see the name of the first door. We start with fill-ing in the text box for Door opening time. This is the time you have to open thedoor. If you have a -23 you also have to fill in an opening time for door 2.

Next we fill in the time you have to close the door before the buzzer starts towarn that the door hasn't been closed.

Now we fill in the box Access codes. You may have up to eight different codesto open the door. Write 4 digits in the text box Access code 1: Next we have toprogram when the code should be valid. This is done by defining a timezone forthe code. Choose the button Timezone to the left of the box. The following subform will show on the screen:

Start with choosing the button Add timezone. You will see the following dia-logueue box:


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Fill in start time and stop time in the text boxes. You also have to choose whichdays should be included in the timezone. This is done with the cross boxes.When you are finished choose Ok.

We will now return to the sub form. If you want to have more timezones con-nected to access code 1, you choose Add timezone once more and program nexttimezone. When you are finished with timezones for access code 1, you chooseOK and you are back in the main form. If you want to, you can program moreopening codes with accompanying timezones.

If you want to remove a timezone, you click on Timezone, Change and Deletein the dialogueue box.

Next step will be to fill in the box Security levels. Security levels are describedin the chapter 1. Choose timezones and program accompanying timezones.Normally you have Card + PIN during night and weekends and a lower leverduring working time. Note: For unspecified time Card + PIN is valid.

The function Alert alarm which is only included in -22, means that the alarmwill be automatically switch on at the start of the timezone, but will not beswitched off at the end of the timezone. On the other hand, if the alarm isswitched off via the reader during the timezone, it will be automaticallyswitched on one hour later. Of curse the alarm warning buzzer will sound beforeswitch on. This means that if you go home and forget to switch the alarm on, thealarm will be automatically activated within an hour. When the alarm is acti-vated the security level is automatically raised to Alarm card + PIN, independentof programmed level. Note: To get the exit button working, you have to pro-gram a timezone.


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Finally we have to decide if we want to record accesses with exit button and ac-cess code. These accesses could not be connected to any specific person, andbecause of that they are of less interest.

As you can see the timezone button connected to a chosen function has a differ-ent colour.

To get next door use and enter data. When you are finished with the doors,

you can browse through the list using and to check the result. When youare satisfied choose OK.


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4.3 PROGRAMMING OF ACCESS ZONES

In this form we will create access zones. The purpose of this is to make pro-gramming easier when you have more doors leading to the same area. You couldlink access and type of card to a zone instead of a single door. Note that a doorcould only be part of one access zone!

Open the form by using the -button in the main menu. The followingwill show on the screen:

The first time you open this form you will have a choice of three different con-figurations:

Automatic with One zone per door means that each door will correspond toone geographic zone.

Automatic with One zone for all doors means that all doors will belong to oneand the same zone.


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Manual configuration means that you must create your own zones and thenadd doors to every zone.

If you have a small system the first option is recommended.

If you have chosen the manual configuration, click Add and fill in the name ofthe firs zone.

Choose Add in Connected Doors.

Choose the doors that you want to be part of the zone and click Ok. In Con-nected Doors you can also remove a door from a zone with the Delete buttons.If you by some reason later should want to remove an access zone, you first haveto erase the groups or persons were it is used (see 4.5 and 4.6 ).After that youhave to remove the doors in the form that are connected to the zone.


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4.4 PROGRAMMING OF ACCESS TIMES

As we mentioned earlier an access time could consist of several time zones. Thepurpose of access times is to make programming easier.

Use the -button. You will see the following form:

Start with Add and fill in the name of the access time. Then you choose Addtimezone and fill in the time zones in the same way as with access zones.


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4.5 PROGRAMMING OF PERSONNEL GROUPS

Next step will be to decide which groups you want to have your personnel di-vided into. A group should consist of persons that are in the same area at thesame time. They should have the possibility to pass the same door at the sametime. Note that a person could only be a member of one group.

Start with the button. You will see the following form:

Start with choosing Add. Next you fill in the name of the first group in the box.Now you have to choose which access zones/doors this group should have ac-cess to which access time they should have and which type of card they shoulduse. This is done by choosing Add in the box Group access. Doing so you willsee the following dialogueue box:

Note: You must never use the character . (dot) in a name anywhere in Ax-base!


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Start to choose a door or zone from the list you will see when you click on thedown arrow in the first box. Then you choose a time and finally a type of card.There are three types of card. The Access card is normally used to open thedoor. The Alarm card can operate the alarm and is needed to get access if thealarm is on. If you have a -23, you will have APB card instead. These cardscould only be used alternately in IN- and OUT-readers. Visitor cards can giveaccess to a temporary visitor and the card is only valid for a pre-programmedtime. If you have a -23 the visitor cards also works as APB cards. The timecountdown starts when the visitor uses the card for the first time.

If you have chosen Visitor card you also have to fill in the visitor time. Whenyou are finished with the first access click Ok. If you want to have more ac-cesses choose Add access and so on. When you are finished with the first groupclick Add once more and add access.

When all groups are finished you can you browse through with the arrow but-tons at the top of the form to see that everything is ok.. When you are satisfiedclick Ok.


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4.6 PROGRAMMING OF PERSONS

4.6.1 NORMAL PROGRAMMING

Use the button and you will see the following form:

We shall now enter the card holders and decide which group they should belongto. Before we start we have to decide how the PIN-code should be chosen. Clickon Options. You will get the following menu:


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As you can see you may if the PIN-code should be decided by the program or ifthe card holder should choose the code. If we let the program decide a randomgenerator will choose a code which the card holder may change later. When thecard holder has changed the code and used it for the first time it will be ”secret”for the system operator. The digits in the box will be substituted with fourcrosses. If you let the card holder choose the PIN is set to 0000 and has to bechanged by the card holder before it could be used for access. Choose your op-tion. (see the Axcard manual for how to change PIN).

Choose the button Add. You will see a dialogue box where you have enter thecard number. To make it easy for yourself, you should have cards with consecu-tive numbers. Axbase will automatically increment the card number for nextperson. If you wish, you can of cause change to another card number by writinga new number in the dialogue box. If you have a keyboard with a card readeryou could swipe the card instead of writing the number. Click Ok.

Fill in the name of the first person in the text box Name. As you can see thereare two boxes for name. You may use these in different ways. You may use thefirst box for surname and the second one for first name. If so you can search inyour list on both names. You can also use the second box for employment num-ber or some other search criteria.

As you may have noticed, today’s date is automatically written into the boxValid date i.e. the card will immediately valid. If you change this date to a datefurther in the future, if means that the card will be valid at that time. To makethis possible the PC has to be on line at that date.

If you wish you may add further information in box Note. When you are fin-ished with the upper half of the form you click Ok.

Now you can choose to enter the names and card numbers for the rest, or youmay go on and choose personnel group directly for each person. To do so , clickon the down arrow at the Personnel group box.


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You will see a list where you can choose group. As we mentioned earlier a per-son could only be part of one group. When you click Ok you will come back tothe Person form and you can see the access you have earlier decided.

If you want you can change the access for one person. You can remove an ac-cess with Delete. You may also add an access. If you do so , the Group accesswill change to Personal access.

4.6.2 BLOCK PROGRAMMING

If you want to enter a number card quickly and get them working and add thenames and information of the card holders at a later time you can use Blockprogramming. Open the dialogue box in the Options menu.


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Enter a fictitious name and enter the first card number and the number of cardsand choose an access group. Click Ok. Now you have to end by updating thereaders. Open Update group in the Options menu.

Mark the group you have chosen in the Block programming and click Ok.

4.6.3 IMPORT OLD AXBASE

If you have an old Axbase on your PC which have a Axbase version number of1.4 or lower, you can import part of the persons database from the old one. Thismeans that you could import the names and card numbers from an old database.

Click on Special Import old AXBASE. Find and mark cardtab.sbf file in thedata map of your old Axbase. Don’t choose empty cardtab file you find in theAxbase main map. Click OK.


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Now you have the names and the card numbers in your database. Axbase alsohas created groups from old database. You can see examples below. ACC1 is thefirst group using Access cards. APB1 is the first group using AntiPass-Backcards and VIS1 means visitor cards. You may also have groups with Alarmcards. Now you have to go back to the Personnel Groups form, rename thegroups and give them access. (see chap. 4.5)

Finally you have to go back to the Persons form and update groups. Open Op-tions and Update group.

Mark the groups where you have made changes and click Ok. The database isnow transferred to the readers.


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4.6.4 BROWSING

When you are finished with the personnel list, you browse through with the ar-row buttons beneath the box Groups. The buttons have the following function:

= beginning of list

= one step backward

= one step forward

= end of list

The list is sorted according to name 1. If you like to have it sorting according tocard number, name 2 or notes click on Options. If choose Selection you will seethe following dialogueue box:

Now you may select a group to look at. As you see the name PERSONS willchange to the name of the group you are looking at.

You can now browse through the list and check that everything is Ok.

It’s also possible to print a list Click on and you will see the followingbox:


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It takes some time to prepare the printout. If you are going to repeat the sameprintout click Yes and the printout will be quick. If you are going to make newclick No and you will see the next:

Choose an option. You may choose Window i.e. the screen or Printer. A print-out on Window may look as follows.


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If you choose Search, you will see the following menu:

The Pick list command give you an easy way to find a person.

Note that this list will be a selected list and will show the group and type of cardyou have selected in the Options menu

When you are finished, click on OK.

If you want to know how many persons you have in the system click ? in theform.


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4.7 CALENDAR

The Axcard card readers have a built in calendar. This makes it possible to pro-gram holidays and give them the same conditions as a Sunday, or daytype 7. Wecan also program special days with a working time that is shorter or longer thanusual. This is done in the following form.

Choose the button.

Choose Add and you will see the dialogueue box Enter day. Here you fill in thedate and mark if it is a Holiday or a Special day. Click on Next and you couldfill in the next date etc. You can see that the table is filled with dates. When youare finished choose OK. You can browse through the table with the arrow but-tons.

If you choose the button Delete you can remove a date. When you are finished,you choose OK.


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4.8 ENTER USER PASSWORD

All programming so far we have done without having to use a password. Weshall now finish the programming with adding a password for the user. ChooseFiles Change Password and User.

We will now see the following dialogueue box:

As no old password has been entered, you start by filling in the text box Newpassword. The password could be letters and/or digits. Enter the same passwordin the box Repeat new password and click OK. Make a note of the passwordand keep it in a safe place. Next time you start the program this password will berequested. Close Axbase by choosing Files and Exit or click on


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4.9 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

4.9.1 VOID CARD

If a person has lost its card or has left the company, you have to void the card soyou can stop an unauthorised person to get access. This is done by choosingEdit and Person. Find the right person in the list by using the arrow buttons andclick on the button Void. The card is now impossible to use for access. If youare going to give a new card to the person, you have to enter the name of theperson once more and enter a new card number. The old card will still be in thedatabase and if anyone tries to use it, it will be recorded as access denied.

If you know in advance that a person will be leaving the company, you maymark Void and then change the date to a new date in the future. You can alsochange the date from when the card is valid. This is working only if the com-puter is on-line.

4.9.2 REMOVE PERSON

If you want to remove a person permanently, you click Options and Removeperson

4.9.3 EVENTS

Every event is recorded and stored in the memory of the actual reader. If Axbaseis on line, all events are also transmitted and automatically stored on the harddisc of the computer. This means that all events are normally stored in the read-ers and the computer. When the system has been running for a while, you cansee what has happened.

This is done by choosing . You will see the following form:


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The form will show a list with all events assorted according to time.

If you click on it will change to . You can browse through the listwith the arrows on the right side. If you have a big list this will be quite imprac-tical. If you are looking for a special event and/or a special person and/or door,you click on Option and Selection. You will see the following dialogueue box:


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By marking the cross boxes, you can now choose what kind of events you wantto look at. If you fill in Time interval, you can also select a time when to search.You can also select a person by clicking on Name and/or a Door. When you arefinished, click OK and you will have an assorted list to look at.

If you want a hard copy of the list, you can use the printout button. You willhave the following list on the printer:

As you may have noticed, you find Number of events in the Options menu.. Ifyou have chosen this it will show in the window how many is selected and howmany you have in total. It may be wise to check this before printing.

When you are in the browsing mode you can click on ? an see how many eventsare in database.


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4.9.4 SAVE/LOAD EVENTS

If you have a large event database it will be very slow to work with. You canovercome this problem by saving the database in a new file which you candownload and use at a later time. Start by making a Selection.

To save your events open Save Events in the Option menu

Fill in the name of the file where you want to save your events (max. 8 charac-ters). Click OK and your events are saved in ”event” map. Your normal eventdatabase is cleared at the same time.

If you want to see what happened in ”Jan97” you can now use Load Events.You will see the following dialogueue box.


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Select a file and click OK. Your ”Jan97” event file is loaded and you use it to

search for events. If you click twice at the button you will be back atyour normal events again.

4.9.5 DELETE EVENTS

If you have exceeded the maximum value for stored events when you start theprogram, you will be demanded to delete old events. Choose Files and Deleteevents. This dialogueue box will show up:


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Decide to which date you want to delete the events. It is always the oldest eventsthat will be removed. If you don't remove the events, you will risk that any pro-gram will crash due to lack of space on the hard disc.

4.9.6 RETRIEVE EVENTS

The events are always stored in the readers If you have chosen Manual retrieveof events in System set up you can mark Retrieve events in the event menu andretrive them to your PC. You will see the following dialogueue box:

Here you can choose the time and from which door you should retrieve theevents. If you mark Delete old events the database will be emptied before theevents are retrieved.

4.9.7 UPDATE GROUP

If you have made changes in the Personnel Groups form or after a Block pro-gramming you must run Update group.


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Open Update group in the Options menu in the Persons form. Mark the groupsyou have changed and click OK.

4.9.8 PERSONS IN/OUT

If you have an installation with IN/OUT readers you can see which persons arein or out. Choose Person In in the Events menu in the Main form.


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This form only gives you an indication who are in or out. To be absolutely sureyou need to have a turnstile. If you have entered a User password you have togive your password before you click Ok to exit this form. To do so you have toclick on a hidden button beneath the left column. This gives you the opportunityto have a PC in a reception with this form active without the risk that any unau-thorised person gets access to the rest of the functions.

4.9.9 EXPORT ASCII

You have the possibility to export both the Event database and the Persons data-base as a text file. After export you will find these files as cardtab.txt andevents.txt in the Axbase32\Data directory.

4.9.10 IMPORTANT ADVICE

It is possible to run Axbase in background, but some other programs could takeso much capacity from the computer, that Axbase doesn't have the time to re-ceive events from the readers. Because of that you have better to exit Axbase


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before you open another program. Some screen savers may also have a high pri-ority. The one included in Windows desktop could be used without problems.

All data you have programmed and all events are stored in the subdirectory"Data" in the directory "Axbase 32". In the same directory you also have a sub-directory named ”Backup”. Every time Axbase checks the database a backup isautomatically placed in this directory. If during checking it finds a corrupt fileits replaced with a new one from the backup. You can also make a manualbackup and database check by clicking Special and Backup database.

Don’t forget to make a backup to discett or other media.

If you have a card reader with Anti-Pass Back in your system and somethinggoes wrong, you may have to neutralise the APB-cards. This means that allAPB-cards could be used for both in- and outpassing independent of the lastpassage. Select Special and APB reset. In the following box choose Yes.

Note: You must never use the character . (dot) in a name anywhere in Ax-base!

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5.0 EXPANDING A SYSTEM

If you are going to expand the system by adding an new reader/controller you doas follows:

1. Connect the reader to the network. Enter the same ”local password” as theother readers and make and make a function test as in 1.1.

2. Set the node switches to the next free address.

3. Open the System setup form in the Installer menu.

4. Increase the number of reader in the Last reader/controller box.

5. Check in the Axnet status form that the communication is OK.

6. Program the door as usual inclueding Update group.

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